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Babbage, Charles, (1792-1871), mathematician

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Surname: Babbage
Forenames: Charles
Gender: Male
Date: 1792-1871
Biography: ODNB link for Babbage, Charles (1792-1871), mathematician
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P138171 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1076 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Charles Babbage
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
2
papers, notebooks and drawings
Science Museum Library and Archives
NRA 9184
3
1808-66: papers
Cambridge Philosophical Society
NRA 9501 Cambridge Philosoph
4
papers
Oxford University: History of Science Museum
NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
5
social diary, diplomas and letters from Duke of Somerset
Science Museum Library and Archives
See Annual Return 1992
6
1804-47: letters received
McGill University Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
misc corresp, papers and notebooks
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 20700 Stokes
8
c1806-68: notebooks and papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
9
literary MSS and papers
Wanganui Regional Museum
See National Register of Archives and MSS in New Zealand B606
10
student account books, misc corresp and papers
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
11
1831-55: corresp with James Forbes
St Andrews University Library
NRA 13132
12
letters (72) to Sir John Franklin
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
13
1815-26: corresp with Sir John Herschel (418 items)
Royal Society
NRA 8803
14
1814-63: corresp with Sir John Herschel
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
NRA 13677 Herschel
15
1829-60: letters to Sir John Lubbock
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16
1826-62: letters (15) to A Quetelet
Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1er
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17
1829-63: letters to Lord and Lady Rosse
Birr Castle Archives
NRA 25548 Parsons
18
1820-70: letters to Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society Library
See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
19
1830-49: letters to Duke of Somerset
Buckinghamshire Archives
NRA 11704 Ramsden
20
1815-47: letters to William and Mary Somerville and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 9423